The ruling on taking students to an exhibition containing idols and the ruling on a student saying, "Should I prostrate to this idol?"

Question:
I work as a teacher in one of the schools, and I took a group of students to one of the centers that deals with antiquities. He says: There was a statue inside this center, so one of the students said to me, "Should I prostrate to this idol?" So I rebuked him and told him, "Seek forgiveness from your Lord." He says: Does this statement made by this student invalidate his Islam?

Answer:
First, I ask about you: Why did you go with them to these antiquities that contain idols? You are responsible for them, and this is not permissible for you. They are under your care, they are under your care. So your action is forbidden for you. Repent to Allah and do not return to such a thing. Do not take them to places of sin, places of idols and false gods.
As for this ignorant student, if he said this and it was explained to him to leave this thing, then he owes nothing. Nothing happened to them because they did not act on it. When Moses (peace be upon him) advised them and was severe with them, they left it. They were not polytheists.
And those who said to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), "Make for us a deity like their deity," did not fall into shirk (associating partners with Allah) because they said it out of ignorance. And when the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) explained to them the prohibition of that and that it is shirk, they refrained. Yes.